Article: East China province reports nine deaths of hand-foot-mouth disease

East China province reports nine deaths of hand-foot-mouth disease

JINAN, April 2 (Xinhua) -- At least nine infants have died of the contagious hand-foot-mouth disease since the beginning of the year in Shandong Province, the local health authority said Thursday.

The latest victims were named as Zhang Yapeng and Cao Jiakai, who died in Heze City on Wednesday.

Zhang, 20 months, was hospitalized on March 29 and died at about 7:50 a.m. Wednesday, according to the provincal health administration.

Cao, 16 months, was admitted to hospital on March 30. He suffered breathing problems and his heartbeat stopped several times. He was moved to ICU Tuesday afternoon, but died at midnight.

Heze has ...

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